Aces Reviews

This was one of my favorite games, until the recent update to iOS 11. Now this game is dead in the water, won’t work at all. Please update this game! Apple has been warning about this for a few months now.

This is worse than your old version, your old version froze a lot, this one even more so.
What happened to all the negative reviews regarding your new system?
AFTER EVERY HAND THERE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT. I JUST DELETED YOUR GAME. You may have one of the better ones
On the market but it isn't worth.

The restore button does not work at all. Sent feedback but never fix. I love this game but developer is horrible and does not care after you paid them.

I paid to remove ads for v1 and now must pay a second time to remove ads from v2. Sorry but I refuse to pay twice. Deleting Aces and will never download any of their other apps.

Game play is good, but the ads make Aces poor. Ads appear after every hand. Update: Ads last up to 30 seconds. Costs $3 to get rid of them. But, a few weeks later Aces froze, showed only the background. Reloading the game without ads will cost another $3. Purchasing this game is no longer recommended.

I purchased this product last year and now, because of the IOS update, I have to re-purchase the product again. I don't see why they didn't just update my purchase version. This is rediculous!! They don't offer any way to contact them or update older version.

I really think this was the best Hearts game for the iPhone but when I upgraded phones there appears a long advertisement after every hand. I tried the “restore purchases” but that didn’t work so now it’s unplayable.

Most Hearts games are really rigged, dumping the queen on you as the other players work as a team. It doesn’t feel real. This one did feel real most of the time but I’m not buying it again or playing it.

Excellent graphics, solid play, nice, unobtrusive animations, BUT they don’t properly support iPhones with notches and Home Indicators. Those literally came out more than two years ago, and there are still UI elements that are hidden behind the notch. The developer should be aware of this and needs to implement the UIKit Safe Areas from Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

Only thing I'd change game-wise would be to add more rules variants.

Edit 5/2/21:
Obviously, the developer(s) have abandoned this addictive game, BUT, if they do revisit reviews, I’d like to see an update to the algorithm:
1) When I’m obviously “running” the game, other computer players automatically dump all their high hearts. That would never happen with all humans playing.
2) When playing the Jack of Diamond version (my favorite), adjust the algorithm with the computer opponents not to give up the Jack when they have other diamonds in their hand.

If the developer can fix those items above, this would be the most enjoyable card game in the store - imho.

I was forced to re-purchase this latest version to get rid of the ads even though I paid for Aces several years ago. The animation is choppy and I can barely see the differences between hearts and diamonds (spades & clubs) because of the new tiny image size on the card faces. I do like that you can see the current score of each player during play. This was my favorite go to game - previous version was very professionally built and seemed to be pretty challenging yet predictable play (please make it more difficult!). The ads are EXTREMELY obnoxious so pay up to really get full enjoyment out of this classic game...

The game is fine, and I don’t mind reasonable ads to keep it free. But I am looking for another hearts game—some vendor called AdColony takes over my phone to run a 30 second ad for another game. Outrageous!
Good luck Concrete Software, you lost a (formerly) happy user...

Like their Spades, a great game on my old iPhone6. Neither function on my new iPhone 12 mini- despite the claim made here. Formatting of game is incorrect: essential elements are off the frame; and scoring is occasionally but bizarrely incorrect.

They took my money to upgrade to the no commercials version then started pushing commercials after every deal. To bad people like this can’t be banned from the internet.

I have been a long time fan of this game. The animations are great. I used to play it almost daily, but I have now begun leaving before the end of the game, because it is interrupted so often with annoying and seemingly interminable ads which they began adding recently.
I shall begin to look for another game of hearts, which is not so frustrating.

Great game however with the latest version I’ve got ads again and have to purchase. I bought hearts game a few years ago. Same issue with the spades game.

I have to repurchase the Hearts game but it is side-ways. How can I get it turned ‘long way’ up. Not sideways like shows

I’m not sure if this developer has abandoned this version of Hearts but it was the best animation of characters! I used to love to play it all the time, but for some reason it kept on freezing. I hope the developer has not abandoned this game because it was to good to abandon.

After trying most of the Hearts card games in Aces Store, this app Hearts ended up being my favorite and the one I've been enjoying for years now. It has the smoothest animation, game flow and by far the best designed controls of all the Hearts games I've tried. It's the only one that offers the exact card animation speed that I prefer. Also,you can tap to skip animations when you want to speed things up. No other game I tried can do that. The UX is so nice, most other Hearts games feel amateurish by comparison. Also, I haven't had any login or other technical problems in years. I came here to leave a 5-star review in appreciation and was shocked to find I had left a harsh 2-star review many years ago and forgot about it. The two highlighted Store reviews are out-of-date (one of them is 4 years old). Yes, the game engine could be improved in a couple places—such as opponents giving up their high hearts too quickly on the hardest mode when it should be obvious you're making a run to shoot the moon. For me, the next hardest mode below that can often be harder to beat. None of the games I've tried have been perfect when it comes to emulating human players of various skill levels. Nevertheless, this app Hearts is one of the best.

Why do I have to pay again? Just because you didn’t upgrade to the new iOS? I love this game, but the ads are driving my crazy. Anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I had issues (download problem; Remove Ads on multiple devices) integrating the new Hearts App on iOS 11 systems devices. Concrete Software support was quick to respond and resolve these issues. Kudos! As to the game itself, it is excellent. One of the best.

Concrete software spades was my favorite spades game!! What happened to it?
Please bring it back for IOS!!!!